Chris Philp has been appointed shadow home secretary by new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. The former Home Office minister supported Badenoch's leadership campaign. On Monday it emerged that Badenoch had offered three of her former leadership rivals ...

Kemi Badenoch has appointed Chris Philp as the new shadow home secretary as she announced her shadow cabinet. Other significant appointments include James Cartlidge as shadow defence secretary, Ed Argar as shadow health secretary and Andrew Griffith as shadow business and trade secretary.

New shadow home secretary Chris Philp called for “zero tolerance for crime and criminals” and to end illegal immigration into Britain. Shortly after his appointment, the Croydon South MP laid out the hardline approach he will advocate as he branded the new Labour government as “soft on crime and on criminals”.